^{5 Ref} Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing."

^{6 Ref} I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the ephah{ An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 litres, 5.8 U. S. gallons, 4.8 imperial gallons, or a bit more than half a bushel. } basket that is appearing." He said moreover, "This is their appearance in all the land

^{7 Ref} (and, behold, a talent{A talent is a weight of about 34 kilograms or 75 pounds.} of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah basket."

^{8 Ref} He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.

^{9 Ref} Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.

¹⁰ Then said I to the angel who talked with me, "Where are these carrying the ephah basket?"

^{11 Ref} He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."